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bricked vibrant need answer.

i know there are like 20 other bricked vibrant threads but mine is a unick question.
alright so i called t mobile like 3 day ago. and i told them i had a phone witch would not boot into recovery threw the key so they send me a new one. so the one i had at home i tried to unroot but some how i ended up bricking the phone. the problem with the phone is i cant boot into recovery since my phone is hardware lock. and when i tried to plug the phone to the charger it would start charging and the freeze on me. and also when i turn the phone on it would show me the vibrant screen and then it would go black and the key lights up, help and dont show me the booting s screen after the vibrant screen it goes black. and would i have any problem if i send this phone to tmobile bricked even thought i called for a hardware defective phone.

Try crying. SRY... meant searching.
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can i just send the old one back. it was ok before i tried to unroot. i have a new one but as you read i got it because i told them i had a hardware defective phone.

If they have already authorized the swap, you are good.
Tmo is very root friendly. Two of their top app picks this month are setcpu and ROM manager.
I've swapped out 2 phones that were rooted with them without a hassle. The last time I swapped my myTouch, I didn't even bother taking Froyo off it. Not a peep from them.

NoDataFound said:
Try crying
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try seppuku

rudeguy said:
If they have already authorized the swap, you are good.
Tmo is very root friendly. Two of their top app picks this month are setcpu and ROM manager.
I've swapped out 2 phones that were rooted with them without a hassle. The last time I swapped my myTouch, I didn't even bother taking Froyo off it. Not a peep from them.
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Thank you!!!! Very much. You just took a big waight of my shoulders. Am now happy since the new phone they send me can boot into recovery and also is not laggy at all and gps can pin point were I am in like 4 seconds. And the market opens up withought having to take seconds to load the apps.
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rhonal89 said:
Thank you!!!! Very much. You just took a big waight of my shoulders. Am now happy since the new phone they send me can boot into recovery and also is not laggy at all and gps can pin point were I am in like 4 seconds. And the market opens up withought having to take seconds to load the apps.
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no problem. I was scared to death when I took my Vibrant in the first time. I re-paritioned the internal SD instead of my external. This was before I was ok with Odin and within HOURS of buying the phone. The guy took a look at my phone and asked me what I did to it. I told him and he promptly grabbed me a new phone. He swapped it out in their computer and said "See you tomorrow!"
I <3 Tmo.

Ram quadrant standard got 909 good for not having any lagfix. Againg thank you!!!! For answering.
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You're welcome.

[Q] Surely I've bricked my Galaxy S

Hi,
I've searched and searched and I actually come to the conclusion that it is certainly bricked but all the related answers have somewhat different problems not exactly the same as mine.
Basically I was doing a firmware upgrade from 2.2.1 to 2.3.3 with Odin and it failed right at the end, the phone was stuck on the android download screen and Odin stopped.
I could not do anything, the phone wouldn't get out of that state and Odin was finished. I took out the battery and now the phone does not turn on on any mode. Tried simply turning on the phone, nothing, recovery mode, nothing, download mode, nada... The phone simply does not do anything, it is as if it didn't have any battery.
The conclusion I guess is that it is bricked and nothing can be done other than going down to service but would like to triple check just in case.
Grateful for any help.
Thanks

No boot screen?, nothing?
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kotaro_14 said:
No boot screen?, nothing?
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Absolutely nothing, I have taken the battery out for a while to no avail. It does not respond to anything..

Try the USB JIG

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Try the USB JIG
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That's the only thing I have not tried, before doing the walk of shame to SCS I will do that, i will be a little pissed if I butcher a usb cable for nothing but will try and let you know.
Would SCS cover it under warranty if I made up some story about laptop freezing mid update or so?

pokemi said:
That's the only thing I have not tried, before doing the walk of shame to SCS I will do that, i will be a little pissed if I butcher a usb cable for nothing but will try and let you know.
Would SCS cover it under warranty if I made up some story about laptop freezing mid update or so?
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I guess that if USB JIG doesn't work they won't be able to find out much, so.. possibly yes

Have you tried holding download mode combo when battery is out and then plugging in battery while holding those keys?

Wesku said:
Have you tried holding download mode combo when battery is out and then plugging in battery while holding those keys?
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I thought I did but just tried now just in case.... Nothing

The USB JIG will do nothing if no boot screen or anything comes up.
You're screwed.
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kotaro_14 said:
The USB JIG will do nothing if no boot screen or anything comes up.
You're screwed.
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That's what I thought. I will go to SCS tomorrow and test my luck... Will let you guys know.

[Q] Moody power button on Nexus 4

Hi
My Nexus 4 is 8 months old and recently for no reason, my power button started behaving weirdly. Sometimes gently pressing it wont turn off the screen and other times it turns off the screen and turns it on again and on some occasions it works perfectly. It is not a ROM issue because sometimes the phone, if shut down, wont even power up.
But as days are passing by the behavior is getting more and more weird. I do not really need the power button coz I use alternatives, but some day if I need to turn on the phone when it is shut down or force shut down the device when it does not respond, there is no way to do so. (EDIT: Pressing volume down button while connecting to AC supply or USB puts device in fastboot mode. Then it can be rebooted using "fastboot reboot" so I am not very worried now)
I checked other posts on XDA but they claim the button is becoming harder to press. My button is not harder to press; it gets pressed just fine and even gives that clicking feeling when you press it. Only the resulting behavior is weird. Has anyone else had this issue? What could be the problem?
(EDIT 2: The power button seems to work properly if I use my thumb nail to press it)

You should RMA before your warranty is up
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caaznkid said:
You should RMA before your warranty is up
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I purchased the phone from the US but don't live in the US so there's no chance of RMA.

Same thing happened on my phone, mainly after I get my back cover replaced. Now I have to use navigation shortcut to lock the screen and volume button to wake.

rhoadster91 said:
My Nexus 4 is 8 months old and recently for no reason, my power button started behaving weirdly. Sometimes gently pressing it wont turn off the screen and other times it turns off the screen and turns it on again and on some occasions it works perfectly.
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I'm in the same situation (except I will RMA my phone soon). In this post I thoroughly detailed your options and my recommendations.

fenstre said:
I'm in the same situation (except I will RMA my phone soon). In this post I thoroughly detailed your options and my recommendations.
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did u get done with the rma? is it covered under warranty? coz my power button is acting weird but i am worried if the service center guys would say it depends on wear and tear or someting like that..

I'm have exactly the same issue with my 6 month old nexus 4. I'm feeling a bit reluctant to send of my phone for repair, even though it is in warranty and I have not modded it in any way. The thing the issue seems to be getting worse over time. Has anyone sent there phone with this issue of for repair yet?

fusi*n said:
I'm have exactly the same issue with my 6 month old nexus 4. I'm feeling a bit reluctant to send of my phone for repair, even though it is in warranty and I have not modded it in any way. The thing the issue seems to be getting worse over time. Has anyone sent there phone with this issue of for repair yet?
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i took it to the lg service center yest and got it repaired in like half and hour .. havent had the problem since then .. hope it never appears again .. and just so u know, they did not replace the button,they used the same one..

The power button of my nexus 4 just became weird too today.
I could normally press it , but the screen won't lock. But if I press it for more than 2s , I got the power off menu.
Have no idea of what had happened...
Have anyone come with some solutions?

zerohunk said:
i took it to the lg service center yest and got it repaired in like half and hour .. havent had the problem since then .. hope it never appears again .. and just so u know, they did not replace the button,they used the same one..
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Repaired ? How did they repaired it as there is nothing in the button that can be repaired.....weird stuff from LG India.

rkkaranrk said:
Repaired ? How did they repaired it as there is nothing in the button that can be repaired.....weird stuff from LG India.
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Ya its bull ****.. And i have to press hard or elz sometimes it doesnt work

zerohunk said:
Ya its bull ****.. And i have to press hard or elz sometimes it doesnt work
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Kick them and ask them to replace it under warranty if they cannot then ask the issue a RMA so that u can get a new replacement phone under warranty.

rkkaranrk said:
Kick them and ask them to replace it under warranty if they cannot then ask the issue a RMA so that u can get a new replacement phone under warranty.
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Ya
That guy tells me to keep the fone wid him for observation for a day or so.. He says hes not sure if its d power button problem.. I dont want to keep my new fone wid them for even an hour ..

I have the same problem as the OP here and I took it to the LG service center, they fixed it in just about 15 minutes. My phone is still under warranty so it's free, the button is working perfectly now.
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skyline159 said:
I have the same problem as the OP here and I took it to the LG service center, they fixed it in just about 15 minutes. My phone is still under warranty so it's free, the button is working perfectly now.
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Could you find out what the problem was?

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Could you find out what the problem was?
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I'm not sure cause I wasn't near him when he repairs it, but he said the contact point is dirty so he cleaned it up

Sent mine off for repair yesterday as there is no walk-in option in London We'll see what happens...

power button acting up for me as well. I ended up using the '' Reboot '' shortcut from Rom Toolbox, so no need really to use the button.
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fusi*n said:
Sent mine off for repair yesterday as there is no walk-in option in London We'll see what happens...
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Hey man, any update on this? Also in the UK with this problem and wondering what steps to take.

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Hey man, any update on this? Also in the UK with this problem and wondering what steps to take.
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Got mine back on Friday, button now works as new. Although, the official repair description didn't really mention what was wrong only that two parts where replaced, no more detail.
dabby91: I recommend you go to the LG website and schedule a repair (lg.com/uk/support/repair-service/schedule-repair). I was without my phone for just over a week and they did a factory reset as well.

[help] plzzzzzzz.....soo frustrated..

today morning i lost the vibration on my note 3 exynos factory 4.4.2. i mean lost it as in no haptic feedback..checked and my haptic feedback was on and no power saving mode enabled. i rebooted the phone and it was back.
just now i was showing off features to a friend with an iphone like smart pause pen window and an all.. and suddenly i lost the vibration again. no haptic feedback no vibration during call no vibration while typing.. its become very scaryy..
i rebooted twice checked that all settings are correct. no power saving enabled. i tried turning off and off the vibration. wiped cache from stock recovery am not rooted.
and even i did the vibration test from *#0*# no vibration..
please help....pleaseeeeeeee....
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If no vibration on vibration test, go to Samsung customer service to check on phone or replace it if you just bought it, again never buy any electronics online.

darkshaft said:
If no vibration on vibration test, go to Samsung customer service to check on phone or replace it if you just bought it, again never buy any electronics online.
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i bought it from official samsung store..
it worked directly after this post and stopped again
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Sounds like a loose hardware connection based on what you posted. I'd take it to sammy.
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plzz reply..urgent..
the vibration went off completely since then..the test on *#0*# also didnt csuse vibration.
today i was away to give my final exams of engineering and the phone was off for 3 hours..the vibration is back now.
should i still go to the service center.?
i m very busy these days.. so was wondering should i go or not?
P.S on the first day the vibration went away and came back after a few hours went away and came back.. it went off and came back again today after 3 days.
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begimaad said:
plzz reply..urgent..
the vibration went off completely since then..the test on *#0*# also didnt csuse vibration.
today i was away to give my final exams of engineering and the phone was off for 3 hours..the vibration is back now.
should i still go to the service center.?
i m very busy these days.. so was wondering should i go or not?
P.S on the first day the vibration went away and came back after a few hours went away and came back.. it went off and came back again today after 3 days.
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Follow the advice of @toastido! It looks like a loose contact.

Pierre118 said:
Follow the advice of @toastido! It looks like a loose contact.
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noo i get that.. i was just asking that should i really go and get it fixed or just wait and see if it turns off once more.
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Nobody can give advice for that, that's up to you to decide.
I'm sorry to say, but repeating your question is useless. We try to help, but this a personal choice you have to make.

S5 keeps freezing and rebooting!! :(

Hey guys I have a issue with my S5 keeps freezing and vibrating twice before rebooting constantly I have tries flashing stock firmware via odin, repartitioning, custom roms, updated modems and still it keeps doing it at random intervals.
The other day it ran for about 48 hours without freezing but I have no idea what I did or didnt do that caused it any help would be much appreciated.
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Since you tried all software fixes you could think of, problem's in hardware. Try another battery and see then. If even then it reboots it's something far more important than the battery and you're screwed :| (have to give it to repair shop).

koragg97 said:
Since you tried all software fixes you could think of, problem's in hardware. Try another battery and see then. If even then it reboots it's something far more important than the battery and you're screwed :| (have to give it to repair shop).
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OK thanks for the advise
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OK thanks for the advise
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I assume you've done a factory reset too btw. If not, do one and see then as apps tend to cause bugs sometimes.

koragg97 said:
I assume you've done a factory reset too btw. If not, do one and see then as apps tend to cause bugs sometimes.
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I have sometimes it works fine for a few days then it starts doing it again, wondering if it's worth trying to open it on my own to see what the issue may be or just wiggle some connections to see if something may not be connected properly idk at this point but it is strange
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reaperlinkz said:
I have sometimes it works fine for a few days then it starts doing it again, wondering if it's worth trying to open it on my own to see what the issue may be or just wiggle some connections to see if something may not be connected properly idk at this point but it is strange
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If it was me I'd just take it to the repair shop. But if you know hardware stuff maybe you can try. I don't, I'm a software guy Anyway, good luck.

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If it was me I'd just take it to the repair shop. But if you know hardware stuff maybe you can try. I don't, I'm a software guy Anyway, good luck.
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Kool won't risk it then lol thanks for the help bro. Seems to be working ok for the past few hours so I just won't turn it off lol hopefully it stays this way for as long as possible, I am scared to turn it off since the issue might/will return lol
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I had the same problem and fixed it by changing to a new battery. It seems that the older battery doesn't hold enough peak charge whenever the CPU tried to stay at 100%.

already tried changing batteries that did not work for me.

Time for the repair shop route.. Or if it cost to much to fix, you can find a good used or new for cheap on ebay or swappa.

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Time for the repair shop route.. Or if it cost to much to fix, you can find a good used or new for cheap on ebay or swappa.
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Ok bro going the repair centre root
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